His "brainchildren" include Caesar's Magical Empire at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Mayfair Music Hall in Santa Monica, CA; the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles; and, of course, The Magic Castle in Hollywood.

The brainchildren of musical theater legend Andrew Lloyd Webber, who appeared on both as overlord and master judge, these shows were talent contests that offered as grand prizes starring roles in the recent West End productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Sound of Music, respectively.

What is particularly interesting about the serious film as opposed to the Hollywood movie is how there are traces of Hollywood in even the most serious of films, whether they're the brainchildren of auteur directors, playwrights, or Booker Prize-winning novelists.